Toy wash

ABSTRACT

A toy wash, which is preferably built by means of elements from a toy building set, comprises, in a preferred embodiment, two brush assemblies (6,7) comprising a cylindrical brush which is rotatably journalled in a bracket (9) which is journalled pivotably about a vertical axis. An elastic connector (15,16) is connected between respective brackets and a pair of carrier beams (3,4), thus providing at the same time biasing of the brush assemblies with a spring force which acts on the assemblies in a direction toward a front beam (5), and the connectors (15, 16) are also so constructed that they resemble the hose and cable connections which are present in a real life wash between its frame and brushes.

The invention concerns a toy wash comprising a frame and cylindricalwash brushes which are journalled in at least one pivotable arm whichprotrudes transversely to the shaft of the brush and is pivotablyconnected with the frame. Such a toy is known in principle from theBritish Patent Application 2,092,463, but this known toy is verycomplicated and expensive.

The object of the invention is to provide a toy wash which is verysimple and also has a great play effect. In particular, the toy wash canbe built by means of components belonging to a building set so thatthere are many possible combinations where simplicity as well asresemblance to real life can be achieved.

This object is achieved in that the toy wash is constructed so thatelastic connector serves both as a spring and to resemble the hoses andcables which are present between the brushes and the frame in real life.

Such a wash can be built by means of very simple components belonging toa building set. The connector end coupled to the frame can be movedabout on the various coupling means of the frame, thus changing thespring effect and the visual impression.

The invention will be explained more fully by the following descriptionof an embodiment with reference to the drawing, in which

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an embodiment of the wash,

FIG. 2 shows a brush element associated with the wash of FIG. 1, while

FIG. 3 shows a connector for the wash shown in FIG. 1.

The embodiment of the toy wash of the invention shown in FIG. 1 is builtby means of a building set of a well-known type. The building setcomprises i.a. a base plate 1, box-shaped building blocks 2, flatconnecting beams 3, 4, a high connecting beam 5 as well as a pair ofwash brush elements 6, 7 of the type shown in FIG. 2. As appears fromthe drawing, the building elements are provided with a plurality ofcoupling studs and have recesses on the underside for cooperation withthe coupling studs, so that various toy models can be built by means ofthe building set.

The brush element in FIG. 2 comprises a cylindrical brush 8 and abracket 9 with a pair of transverse arms 10, 11 which are adapted toreceive the shaft 12 of the brush. The bracket 9 is rotatably journalledin a lower and an upper connecting plate 13, 14, the connecting plate 14of which has four coupling studs on the upper side and the connectingplate 13 is formed on its underside with cavities to receive suchcoupling studs. The brush assembly can hereby easily be incorporated, asshown in the model of FIG. 1.

As appears from FIG. 1, a respective connector 15, 16 is present betweenthe transverse arms 10 and the frame formed by the building elements.The connectors are oblong and elastic and are mounted with such an arcshape that they bias the respective brush assembly in a direction towardthe connecting beam 5. The brush assemblies 6 and 7 are shown indifferent positions, and it will be appreciated that when a toy car isdriven through the wash assembly, the brushes swing elastically asidedepending upon the size of the car, and return to the position of restwhen the car is driven out of the wash assembly. The play effect isenhanced additionally in that the arc-shaped connectors give animpression of the hoses and cables which are present in real life washassemblies.

FIG. 3 shows an example of an oblong, elastic connector 17 which has acoupling means 18, 19 at each end. The last-mentioned coupling means areadapted to cooperate with the coupling studs of the toy building set, inparticular the coupling stud 20 shown on the arm 10. When the couplingmeans 19 is moved about on the coupling studs of the connector 4, thearc shape of the connector 15 may be changed, thereby changing both thespring effect and the visual impression.

I claim:
 1. A toy wash comprising a frame, at least one arm pivotally connected to said frame, a cylindrical wash brush disposed about a shaft and journalled to said arms, said arm protruding transversely to said shaft and an arch-shaped, elastic connector extending between said frame and said arm to spring bias said arm.
 2. The invention in accordance with claim 1 wherein said wash is formed of toy building set components each having complimentary mechanical coupling means and said connector has coupling means at each end thereof, said coupling means being adapted to be releasably coupled to coupling means on the pivotal arm and coupling means of the components of said toy building set. 